Pediatric patients with psoriasis and psychiatric disorders: Premorbidity and co-morbidity in a case-control study.

Pediatric patients with psoriasis and psychiatric disorders: Premorbidity and co-morbidity in a case-control study. J Dermatolog Treat. 2018 May 14;:1-19 Authors: Kara T, Topkarcı Z, Yılmaz S, Akaltun İ, Erdoğan B Abstract Psychiatric disorders are thought to play an important role in the onset, exacerbation and course of several chronic dermatological diseases. We aimed to investigate psychiatric diagnoses in children with psoriasis before and during the disease and to examine potentially related factors.108 children aged 8-16 years, 54 with a diagnosis of psoriasis and 54 healthy subjects, were included in the study. Participants were assessed using dermatological and psychiatric examinations and scales. At least one psychiatric diagnosis was present in 70.3% of children with psoriasis and in 27.7% of the control group, the difference being significantly significant (p = 0.0001). It was seen that 73.6% of children with psychiatric diagnosis were psychiatric diagnoses in premorbid period. Children with psoriasis were determined to have 9.21-fold greater risk of anxiety (p = 0.0001) and a 6.65-fold greater risk of depression (p = 0.0019) compared to the control group. A statistically significant increase in psychiatric disorders occurs in disease periods in cases of pediatric psoriasis. Moreover, a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders was detected in the premorbid process. We think that it is important for these t...
Source: Journal of Dermatological Treatment - Category: Dermatology Tags: J Dermatolog Treat Source Type: research